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Narendra Modi says IT sector can become face of India

Modi said e-governance needs to be pushed to the fore to improve accessibility of govt initiatives for citizens

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why I keep saying IT plus IT is equal to IT i.e. India Talent plus Information Technology is equal to India Tomorrow.
“E-governance has the potential to become the greatest problem solver of the people (and) in doing so (will provide) empowerment , equity, efficiency. It helps everything to deliver the desired goal of minimum government and maximum governance,” said Modi

We have marketed hardware a lot from phones to laptops—we see strength in that,” said Modi but added that the real strength is in software

Social media can further enhance the reach. It can be effectively used by every citizen. For me, social media is a medium that helps me understand the ambition of people and would reach me easily and sometimes it touches my heart. 

To my mind, the digital divide means that a person can get the benefit of IT in remote villages,” said Modi, adding, “If you have to develop backward regions in the country, developing infrastructure should be based on an inclusive model.”

Mumbai: Gujarat chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday called for an increase in e-governance initiatives to improve accessibility to citizens and said India’s $118-billion information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry has the potential to improve millions of lives and become the face of India.

“Aap kalpana kar sakte hai ki just with the help of IT hum kitne gareeb logon ko rozi roti de sakte hai. (You can imagine how much we can help poor people earn their daily bread with the help of IT). That is why I keep saying IT plus IT is equal to IT i.e. India Talent plus Information Technology is equal to India Tomorrow. The IT sector can be the shining light of brand India,” said Modi, addressing technology executives at the software lobby group Nasscom’s India Leadership Forum 2014 by video conference (which he pointed out was possible only because of technology).

Modi, who earlier this week met US ambassador Nancy Powell in a sign of thawing relations with the US, said that the issue of e-governance needs to be advocated and pushed to the fore to improve accessibility of government initiatives for common citizens.

“E-governance is the most easy, effective and economical governance. It’s one of the most useful fields of information technology,” said the 63-year-old Modi.

“E-governance has the potential to become the greatest problem solver of the people (and) in doing so (will provide) empowerment , equity, efficiency. It helps everything to deliver the desired goal of minimum government and maximum governance,” said Modi.

Modi called upon India’s IT sector to help bridge the digital divide in a country, which has the third-highest number of Internet users in the world after China and the US at 150 million, but where penetration accounts for just 12.58% of the country’s population of about 1.2 billion.

“We have been talking of the digital divide. Is it relevant only for seminars and conferences? To my mind, the digital divide means that a person can get the benefit of IT in remote villages,” said Modi, adding, “If you have to develop backward regions in the country, developing infrastructure should be based on an inclusive model.”

“If there is a road, school or electricity in remote areas, life will change drastically. In the coming days, inclusive infrastructure information technology, optical network (and) broadband facility will play a key role. In looking at inclusive development, there should be no delay—we should remove digital divide from the country,” added Modi. “It’s (the) collective responsibility of IT firms and professionals that we will reduce the digital divide to solve problems.”

“We have marketed hardware a lot from phones to laptops—we see strength in that,” said Modi but added that the real strength is in software.

Modi also said that India needs to focus more on developing software and that the power of the social media needed to be used more effectively to reach more parts of the country’s population. Modi himself tweets a lot, and as on 14 February, he had about 3.38 million followers and had posted 3,910 tweets.

“Social media can further enhance the reach. It can be effectively used by every citizen. For me, social media is a medium that helps me understand the ambition of people and would reach me easily and sometimes it touches my heart. Social media has given me new inspiration, new strength. So far, software and the Internet had been limited to people. When (these) activities pick up, the digital divide will go away, (and) the IT industry will flourish and our country will progress,” he added.

Modi also called for greater focus on manufacturing more technology products out of India, especially in sectors such as defence.

“Electronics imports are a big share in import basket. In a few years from now, (electronics) import bill will be bigger than oil imports. You can understand the challenge. We must focus on manufacturing and worry on manufacturing in strategic sectors like defence. I am personally a great advocate of technology, I know that it will transform our lives,” said Modi.

Modi cautioned that cyber security needs to be addressed by the IT sector.

“We are living in a time where wars will be fought in the cyber space. Your homes will be broken (into) through cyber medium. Creating cyber security by using technology like CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras in banks and other places will bring another way of reducing the digital divide,” said Modi.

He also called on the Indian IT industry to create a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) network to reduce dropout rates from schools.

“All your companies can come together build a task force through a CSR network—how to track school going kids, information gathering, online-offline co-ordination and how we can reduce the dropout rate by 5-7% with the help of information technology network—it’s a good thing,” said Modi. “It’s not difficult for you to install software and follow it.”

 FIRST PUBLISHED: FRI, FEB 14 2014. 06 40 PM IST

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STPI sets up new incubation facility

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In a move that could help hardware start-ups in the country, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has set up a new incubation facility and a lab wherein they can test their products.

This incubation centre has been set up at the premises of Tessolve Semiconductor at Electronics City. The lab will provide testing equipment such as oscilloscopes that can test various aspects of chip testing like reliability, failure analysis etc.

These kinds of facilities help a hardware company reduce product design cycle and operational costs in a big way and also reduces their hassles in terms of taking it to far flung places (to test), according to Kris Gopalakrishnan, who heads the IT Vision Committee of Karnataka.

Called Semiconductor Measurement Analysis and Reliability Test (SMART), a total of ₹ 60 crore has gone into this setup, with the State government pumping in ₹14 crore and the balance from the Centre. The project is expected to be completed in two and half years, STPI officials said.

Industry watchers believe that it is high time India looked at building products that can be designed and manufactured locally, for the local market. “India has always struggled to have a incubation and testing centre in the same premises and this setup would help lot of entrepreneurs, much like the way it happens on developed markets,” said S Sadagopan, head, IIIT Bangalore.

Addressing delegates at the centre, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that while India had done a good job in services, the same cannot be said of manufacturing.

“As India consumes electronics worth $100 billion every year from smartphones to high-end medical devices, the government is committed to encourage local manufacturing,” he added.

Sops given by STPI include plug-n-play office space, mentoring, marketing assistance in addition to tech infrastructure such as data centre and finishing schools.

(This article was published on April 2, 2015)

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STPI signs pact to set up characterisation lab at IIIT

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The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangalore based Tessolve Semiconductor Pvt Ltd for establishment of a characterisation lab at Bhubaneswar.

The establishment of the lab at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at a cost of Rs 7.98 crore is expected to act as a booster for the development of the ESDM (electronic system design and manufacturing) sector in the state. The project, to come up on 215 acre of land, will be set up in PPP (public-private partnership) mode.

The MoU was signed between Manas Panda, Director, STPI Bhubaneswar and V Veerapan, President of Tessolve Semiconductor in presence of Pranab Prakash Das, state IT (information technology) minister and PK Jena, secretary of the department.

Out of the total project cost, Rs 7 crore will be shared equally by the state and STPI. Tessolve will invest Rs 98 lakh on supporting infrastructure and managing the lab for six years.

This will be the second such facility in the country after the one established in Karnataka which was built by STPI in association with the government of Karnataka. The construction of the lab will be completed within six months.

"It will test the characteristics of a new chip before it goes for mass production," said an official. The setting up of the lab will act as vital linkage for establishment of proposed Electronic Manufacturing Cluster and ESDM incubation centre for the start-ups in the state. The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY), under the Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, had awarded in principle approval for the project in July last year. The final nod is pending.

"The basic idea to set up the facility at IIIT is to develop the skills of the B. Tech and M. Tech students, so that they can specialize in chip testing," said an STPI official.

For the development of the ESDM sector, the state government has already prepared a strategic roadmap in addition to providing incentives in the state's Information and Communication Technology Policy-2014. The policy aims to attract five leading ESDM industries to the state.


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